October 2018

The pricing, marketing and potential misuse of digital loans coupled with the extensive negative reporting of borrowers who have failed to repay these relatively small loans has raised a growing chorus of concern about their design and the adverse impacts they have on borrowers and the financial system more broadly.

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November 2017

This interactive data visualization tool enables comparisons of financial service usage indicators over time for various sub-groups of Kenya’s population. The tool can also be accessed here: https://fsdkenya.shinyapps.io/fintrends/

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August 2017

A study on transparency and cost of leading banking services sold in Kenya Kenya has experienced tremendous improvements in access to financial services over the last few years. However, little is known about the trends in affordability of financial services, especially for low-income earners. FSD Kenya’s two-year study on the affordability of financial services and […]